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Superintendent of the Year Finalists Talk AI, Funding Problems and Career Paths

Lauren Wagner

What Public Schools and Parents Can Learn from a $40,000-a-Year Private School

Chad Aldeman

Texans Can Use School Vouchers for Pre-K, but the Pool of Families who Qualify Is Limited

Jaden Edison

Texas Universities Deploy AI Tools to Review How Courses Discuss Race and Gender

Jessica Priest

As School Choice Programs Grow, Parents Are Demanding Better Customer Service

Linda Jacobson

Texas Education Agency Taking Over Lake Worth, Connally and Beaumont School Districts

Jaden Edison

Texas Launches Plan to Open Turning Point USA Chapters in Every High School

Jaden Edison

Texas Summer Camp Owners Brace for More Mental Health Issues Among Youth

Stephen Simpson

What Football Can Tell Us About How to Teach Reading

Joshua Tremont

Appeals Court to Hear Texas’ Ten Commandments Case Next Year

Jaden Edison, Eleanor Klibanoff & Alejandro Serrano

Texas Public Schools “Deadname” Kids Under New State Law

Lindsey Byman

Lessons from a Failed Texas Tutoring Program

Linda Jacobson

How a Single Fort Worth ISD Campus Prompted a State Takeover

Colleen DeGuzman & Jaden Edison

Houston Trumpets 鈥楬istoric鈥� Gains from Schools Takeover, But Doubters Remain

Lauren Camera

Texas Education Agency Taking Over Fort Worth ISD

Jaden Edison & Ayden Runnels

More Texas Kindergarteners Enrolled Without Measles Shot Proof

Terri Langford & Dan Keemahill

Texas Teachers, Parents Fear STAAR Overhaul Doesn’t Do Enough

Lindsey Byman

Legal Experts Criticize Texas’ Probe of Charlie Kirk Posts

Jaden Edison

Amid Grief, Camp Mystic Parents Helped Change Texas Laws

Emily Foxhall

Camp Mystic Reopening Sparks Anger

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Student No Longer at Texas State After Mocking Charlie Kirk

Ayden Runnels

Texas Replacing STAAR with Three Shorter Standardized Tests

Sneha Dey

From Disaster Aid to Lettuce Trees, Teens Win Grants to Tackle Local Problems

Lauren Wagner

Beloved Texas School Programs Got Caught in the Middle of Federal Funding Cuts

Jaden Edison

Texas’ Ten Commandments Blocked in 11 School Districts

Jaden Edison, Eleanor Klibanoff & Alejandro Serrano

Five Texas School Districts At Risk of a State Takeover After Ratings鈥� Release

Sneha Dey

A 鈥楾exas-Sized Solution鈥� to a 鈥楾exas-Sized Problem鈥�: Ed Bill Signed into Law

Amanda Geduld

Texas Passed a Bible-Themed Curriculum. But Many Districts Aren’t Using It

Linda Jacobson

For Decades, the Feds Were the Last, Best Hope for Special Ed Kids. What Happens Now?

Lauren Wagner & Beth Hawkins

Texas Pays Its Best Educators up to $32,000 to Keep Them in the Classroom

Chad Aldeman

The Last Reformer: Houston Schools Chief Mike Miles on the Case for Going Bold

Kevin Mahnken

El Paso Community College Helps Design State Program for Adults Without High School Diplomas

Daniel Perez

How a Christian Nationalist Group is Getting the Ten Commandments into Classrooms

Mark Keierleber

Mental Health Programs Could Bear Brunt of $600M Federal Cuts to Texas Schools

Stephen Simpson

Deadly Texas Flood Destroys Historic Camp Mystic: Photos Reveal What Was Lost

Trinity Alicia

Texas Community Unites in Mourning, Prayer for Those Lost and Missing in Floods

Carlos Nogueras Ramos & Sneha Dey

Teen Is Stepping Up 鈥� Again 鈥� After Kerr County Floods

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Camp Mystic, a Haven for Generations of Texas Girls, Becomes a Center of Tragedy

Colleen DeGuzman

Texas Directs Public Universities to Identify Undocumented Students

Sneha Dey

Most Americans Support Teacher-Led Prayer in Public Schools, Pew Survey Finds

Mark Keierleber

Texas Students Make Gains in Reading but Struggle with Math, STAAR Scores Show

Sneha Dey

Undocumented Students Rethink College in Texas

Jessica Priest

New Microschool Accreditation Pathways Are Opening Doors for Founders & Families

Kerry McDonald

Red States’ School Vouchers Mark Biggest Shift in U.S. Education in a Century

David Osborne

Maine Case Opens New Battleground for School Choice: The Right to Discriminate

Linda Jacobson

Texas Law Targets Education Emergency of Uncertified Teachers in the Classroom

Mayme Hostetter

Texas鈥� Undocumented College Students No Longer Qualify for In-State Tuition

Eleanor Klibanoff & Jessica Priest

Texas Education Agency Extends Houston School District Takeover Through 2027

Jaden Edison

How Some Texas Teachers Are Earning Six Figures 鈥� Without Leaving the Classroom

Sharon Kebschull Barrett

Watch Texas Middle Schooler Faizan Zaki Win The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee

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Ten Commandments in Every Classroom: Texas Bill Nearing Law

Sameea Kamal

Teacher Turnover Spiked During COVID. But It鈥檚 Now Fallen for 2 Years in a Row

Chad Aldeman

The Important Lessons We Can Learn from Rural Schools

William McKenzie & Chris Walsh

Five Ways High-Performing Schools Use Data to Help Students Succeed

Rianna Saslow

Jeb Bush: Texas’ Education Savings Account Victory Can Set Nationwide Standard

Jeb Bush

Private School Vouchers Are Now Texas Law. Here’s What to Know.

Jaden Edison

Texas School Voucher Bill: How it Could Impact Schools Nationwide

Nadra Nittle

Texas Teen鈥檚 Nonprofit Helps Kids Across the World Gain Networking Skills

Lauren Wagner

In Historic First, Texas House Approves Private School Voucher Program

Jaden Edison & Jasper Scherer

Does Texas Have a Teacher Retention Crisis?

Jacob Carpenter

Second Texas Child Dies from Measles; RFK Jr. Visits

Pooja Salhotra & Jayme Lozano

Texas Outshines California in its Approach to Teaching English Learners

Conor P. Williams

Thousands of Student Civil Rights Cases Left Adrift After Trump Guts Ed Dept

Mark Keierleber

2 Texas Bills Tackle Long-Overdue Special Ed Reforms 鈥� & a $1.7B Funding Gap

Beth Hawkins

Texas Bill Would Limit Uncertified Teachers in Schools

Sneha Dey

GOP鈥檚 Push for School Choice Sees Pushback from Unlikely Crowd: Homeschoolers

Linda Jacobson

In Texas, a Years-Long ESA Push Nears the Finish Line

Kevin Mahnken

California, Texas and D.C. Are Tops in Teacher Diversity, Report Finds

Lauren Wagner

1st Confirmed Death in Texas Measles Outbreak Is Unvaccinated, School-Aged Child

Amanda Geduld

Program That Gives $100K to Support Young Gifted Math Students Poised to Expand

Jo Napolitano

Which States Have the Fastest-Growing Achievement Gaps in 8th-Grade Math?

Chad Aldeman

Gov. Greg Abbott Wants to Extend Texas鈥� DEI Ban to K-12 Schools

Jaden Edison

Reading Champion Penny Schwinn Expected to Keep Ed. Dept. Focused on Achievement

Linda Jacobson

Trump鈥檚 Deportation Plans Threaten Millions of Families. Who Is Protecting Them?

Marianna McMurdock

Texas School Gives Adults Second Try at High School Diploma

Sneha Dey

Texas Weighs Social Media Bans for Minors as Schools and Police Face Challenges

Stephen Simpson

Career Pathway Initiatives: A Bipartisan Solution for Rural Education?

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Amid Choice Explosion, Report Spotlights the Marginalized Families Left Behind

Linda Jacobson

In Close Vote, Texas Approves Reading Program Laden With Bible Lessons

Linda Jacobson

Mike Huckabee鈥檚 鈥楩aith-Based鈥� Media Company Contributed to New Texas Curriculum

Linda Jacobson

Republicans Maintain Majority on the Texas State Board of Education

Jaden Edison

鈥榃e鈥檙e Here for You鈥�: Election-Fueled Calls to LGBTQ Teen Suicide Hotlines Spike

Beth Hawkins

Houston ISD Voters Reject Bond, Delivering Rebuke of State-Appointed Leadership

Asher Lehrer-Small

GOP Victories in Texas House Give Abbott a Path to Universal ESA

Greg Toppo

Texas Slashing $607M in Medicaid Funding from Program for Kids with Disabilities

Jaden Edison

Amid GOP Calls for Bible in Public Schools, Some Religious Voters are Tuning Out

Linda Jacobson

Mental Health Support for Toddlers has Lagged in Texas. That鈥檚 Now Changing

Stephen Simpson

Nearly Half of Texas High School Students Who Earn College Credits Are Hispanic

Sneha Dey

GOP Groups Funnel Millions to Defeat ESA Critics. Their Target: Republicans

Greg Toppo

After 10 Years of Reshaping El Paso Education, CREEED Lands $10 Million Grant to Continue Work

Robert Moore

Video: New Data Shows Book Bans Sweeping the US

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In Houston, a Wholesale Transformation Delivers Better Education for Students

Mike Miles

Suit to Stop Texas School Ratings’ Release Divides Districts

Sneha Dey

The Case for Texas’s New Curriculum 鈥� Why Bible Stories Matter for Literacy

Robert Pondiscio

Dozens of Texas School Districts Press State to Suspend New Student Data Reporting System

Jaden Edison

Texas Schools Say Update to Student Data Reporting System Could Hurt Funding

Jaden Edison

Texas Jews Say State鈥檚 New Bible-Influenced Curriculum Is 鈥榃ildly Problematic鈥�

Linda Jacobson

Schools Police Chief Arredondo Presses to Drop Uvalde Charges

Pooja Salhotra

Texas Schools are Hiring More Teachers Without Traditional Training

Jaden Edison & Elijah Nicholson-Messmer

Texas鈥� Youngest Students are Struggling with Their Learning, Educators Say

Asad Jung
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